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Yusuf İzzet Efendi

Annual salary study and register readings

This study view uses the annual salary reference records. The main biography brings together the wider career and its sources.

Life and register readings

Yusuf İzzet Efendi was born in Bursa, into the İslam community. The annual lists begin in 1902/03 (AH 1320), with Yusuf İzzet as mesâlih-i kitâbeti refâkati and no place named.

Pay rose from 30 kuruş a month in 1902/03 to a peak of 1,085 in 1906/07, when 81 per cent of paid officials earned less. Over six years the salaries add up to 50,760 kuruş, 1.7 times what an official on the median salary earned. The final annual entry is for 1907/08.

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
05001,0001,5001902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241907/08AH 13251,085 kuruşmesâlih-i kitâbeti refâkati
Salary against the medians of the same year
20501002005001,0002,0001902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241907/08AH 1325This officialMedian, all officials

Log scale: equal steps are equal ratios. The median of the same title is drawn for the years in which at least 5 officials with that title had a salary, and the median of the same province for the years in which at least 5 officials were paid in the province of the official's salary that year.

The numbers of the chart
Salary of Yusuf İzzet Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1902/03304001%
1903/04304051%
1904/051,00040081%
1905/061,00043080%
1906/071,08545081%
1907/081,08546080%

Paid less: the share of the other officials with a salary that year who earned less.

Point at a year for its salary, title, place and the median of all officials paid that year. Choose a row of the table to mark its years in the charts and its stop on the map.

Career of Yusuf İzzet Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1902 to 1908AH 1320 to 1325mesâlih-i kitâbeti refâkati
14 entries
YearSalary
1902/0330
1903/0430
1904/0530
1904/051,000
1905/061,000
1906/071,000
1906/071,030
1906/071,065
1906/071,085
1907/081,085
1907/08300
1907/08300
1907/08300
1907/08
30

Record

Personal

Birthplace
Bursa
Community
İslam

Recorded with

Officials who share a place, a job title, a school, a birthplace or the year of the first annual entry. Ranks compare the highest monthly salary of each official.

Same birthplace

Of the 302 officials born in Bursa, 286 have a recorded salary; Yusuf İzzet Efendi had the 79th highest salary of them.

The page of Bursa, with the 302 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 157 officials whose first annual entry is for 1902/03 (AH 1320), 138 have a recorded salary; Yusuf İzzet Efendi had the 11th highest salary of them.

All 157 officials whose first annual entry is for 1902/03 (AH 1320)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Yusuf İzzet Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1902/03AH 1320mesâlih-i kitâbeti refâkati30Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records147/82; 161
1903/04AH 1321mesâlih-i kitâbeti refâkati30Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records147/82; 161
1904/05AH 1322mesâlih-i kitâbeti refâkati30Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records147/82; 161
1904/05AH 1322mesâlih-i kitâbeti refâkati1,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records147/82; 161
1905/06AH 1323mesâlih-i kitâbeti refâkati1,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records147/82; 161
1906/07AH 1324mesâlih-i kitâbeti refâkati1,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records147/82; 161
1906/07AH 1324mesâlih-i kitâbeti refâkati1,030Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records147/82; 161
1906/07AH 1324mesâlih-i kitâbeti refâkati1,065Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records147/82; 161
1906/07AH 1324mesâlih-i kitâbeti refâkati1,085Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records147/82; 161
1907/08AH 1325mesâlih-i kitâbeti refâkati1,085Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records147/82; 161
1907/08AH 1325mesâlih-i kitâbeti refâkati300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records147/82; 161
1907/08AH 1325tahsîlat komisyonunun kitâbeti300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records147/82; 161
1907/08AH 1325tahsîlat müdiriyeti vekaleti (ilâveten)300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records147/82; 161
1907/08AH 1325infisal (ilâveten)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records147/82; 161
What the sources named in this table are
Selected canonical career records
Dated AH projections of the selected canonical collection; documentary and inferred bases remain available in each dossier.
Recorded values of Yusuf İzzet Efendi with their sources
FieldRecorded valueSource
What the sources named in this table are
Selected canonical career records
Dated AH projections of the selected canonical collection; documentary and inferred bases remain available in each dossier.

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